Course officers from Defence College in city

Visakhapatnam: Officers from 72nd Staff Course of the Defence Service Staff College, Wellington are visiting the city on the annual industrial and demonstration tour. One batch arrived on Thursday and the second batch will arrive on
January 12.

The Defence Service Staff College is an inter-service institution of the Ministry of Defence and one of the oldest military institutions in the country.

It was founded in the year 1905 as the Army Staff College in Deolali (near Mumbai), and then re-located to Quetta (now Pakistan). Post partition, the institute was re-located to its present location Wellington Cantonment in the Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu).

By 1950 it was progressively transformed into a fully integrated Defence Services Staff College. The DSSC is one of the few institutions of its type in the world where training is imparted to aspiring staff officers of all the three services- Army, Navy and Air Force and also selected officers of the Para Military and Civil Services, in addition to officers from friendly foreign countries.

The industrial and demonstration tour is a very important facet of the college curriculum. The tour is conducted to provide a deeper insight into the industrial and technological progress, both in the public and private sectors of the country.

Additionally, visit to defence establishments and training institutes are concomitantly arranged.

This year the first group comprising 260 Course Officers and directing staff led by Read Admiral Sudhir Pillai, Chief Instructor Navy and Major General MS Kohli Chief Instructor (Army) are in the city.

The second group comprising 255 Course Officers and Staff led by Air Vice Marshal A Golani Chief Instructor (Air Force) will be arriving on January 12.

During their stay they will visit various naval establishments and also spend a day at sea to provide exposure of various facets of naval organisation to officers of Army, Air Force and Para Military
service.